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Plagiostoma harronis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Taxonomy
Lima harronis was named by Dacque (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harro Rufa, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia.

It was recombined as Lima (Plagiostoma) harronis by Weir (1929); it was recombined as Plagiostoma harronis by Kiessling (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Lima aciculata, Lima aequilatera, Lima annonii, Lima boonei, Lima cardiiformis, Lima crickleyensis, Lima educta, Lima eucharis, Lima globosa, Lima occidentalis, Lima phillipsii, Lima planicosta, Lima schimperi, Lima subcardiiforma, Lima toarcensis, Lima yeovilensis, P. aciculata, P. aciculatum, P. acuticostata, P. acutum, P. aequilaterale, P. albensis, P. asperum, P. beyrichi, P. bhattii, P. biiniensis, P. bilibini, P. blakei, P. buckmani, P. cardiiforme, P. complanata, P. complanatum, P. compressum, P. costatum, P. cretacea, P. cretaceum, P. enormicosta, P. erecta, P. exaltata, P. fischeri, P. fuersichi, P. gejiuensis, P. gigantea, P. globosum, P. haidingeri, P. higaeribarense, P. highworthensis, P. hoernesi, P. incrassata, P. incrassatum, P. jumaraensis, P. jumarensis, P. kackeri, P. kayseri, P. kobayashii, P. kuromagariense, P. laeviosculum, P. laevisculum, P. laeviusclum, P. laeviuscula, P. laeviusculum, P. latelunulatum, P. laxmani, P. lineata, P. lineatum, P. marrotiana, P. marrotianum, P. matsumotoi, P. maxima, P. maximum, P. modeli, P. muddoensis, P. mutabile, P. nudata, P. nuitiense, P. nuitoense, P. obscurum, P. occidentalis, P. oepybolum, P. oepybolus, P. ovale, P. ovalis, P. pangymna, P. pararegularis, P. pectinoides, P. pilcheri, P. planicostata, P. planum, P. radiatum, P. rahmuensis, P. rathierana, P. regularis, P. richardsoni, P. rigidula, P. rigidulum, P. rodburgense, P. rodburgense, P. rupicola, P. rusticum, P. sanrikuense, P. santonense, P. saxenai, P. schardti, P. schimperi, P. semicirculare, P. semiornata, P. singhi, P. striatolineatum, P. strigillata, P. strigillatum, P. subcardiiforme, P. subcostatum, P. subpunctatum, P. tenuistriata, P. tingi, P. toarcensis, P. tumida, P. valoniense, P. woodsi, P. zonata, P. zonatum, P. inaequicostata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Lima harronis Dacque
1929Lima (Plagiostoma) harronis Weir p. 26 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 3-4
1959Lima (Plagiostoma) bianchii Jaboli
2009Plagiostoma harronis Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
Limoidei(Moore 1952)
superfamilyLimoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLimidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPlagiostomaSowerby 1814
speciesharronis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Plagiostoma harronis Dacque 1905
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Invalid names: Lima (Plagiostoma) bianchii Jaboli 1959 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-26 09:06:10
Modified: 2009-10-10 17:36:45
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 165.30000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Plagiostoma harronis (2589 2591 2600 2603)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Somalia Lima harronis (100388)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Ethiopia Lima harronis (94494)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Somalia Lima harronis (93013 93014 93020)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Somalia Lima harronis (94528)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Ethiopia Plagiostoma harronis (93031 93206 93857 93859 93861 93865 93868)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Ethiopia Lima bianchii (93501 93503)
Kimmeridgian - Oxfordian154.8 - 154.8Kenya Lima harronis (161484)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Ethiopia Lima harronis (94498 type locality: 94584 94587)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Kenya Lima harronis (161811)